Bite into OBX Seafood Festival this Weekend

It will be a seafood lovers paradise in Nags Head this weekend, with the first ever Outer Banks Seafood Festival offering a taste of some signature local cuisine from 20 of the area’s top...

Learn Victorian Death Rituals at Island Farm's 'Draped in Black'

Island Farm c.1847 is hosting a dark exploration into Victorian era death rituals in a new Halloween-themed tour called ‘Draped in Black’. Friday and Saturday nights in October, Island Farm on Roanoke Island is taking visitors into the...

Brewing Station Hosts 11th Annual Exotic Erotic Halloween Ball

The Outer Banks Brewing Station will present its 11th annual Exotic Erotic Ball this Halloween in Kill Devil Hills, hosted this year by Bryce “The Guv’na” Graves of the Hellzapoppin Sideshow. The Exotic Erotic Ball XI happens...

Fear at the Pier Haunts Jennette's this Halloween

Fear is coming to Jennette’s Pier this Halloween for one night only, featuring a spooky new haunted tour. “Fear at the Pier” will take place on Sunday, October 28, at Jennette’s Pier in Nags...

Island Farm Hosts Pumpkin Patch Saturdays in October

Island Farm c.1847 is hosting their first pumpkin patch every weekend this month, celebrating old school Halloween with a hayride, corn husk doll making, and scarecrow stuffing for the whole family. Saturdays in October, Island Farm on Roanoke Island...

Outer Banks Bluegrass Festival Draws Sell-Out Crowd [Photo Gallery]

Outer Banks Bluegrass Festival Draws Sell-Out Crowd [Photo Gallery]

The 1st Annual Outer Banks Bluegrass Festival exceeded all expectations, and organizers tell us that next year’s event has already been scheduled and will be even bigger and better. “I believe the event exceeded everyone’s expectations,”...

NC Actress Addy Miller Returns for VA Beach Convention and Zombie Walk [OBXE Interview]

NC Actress Addy Miller Returns for VA Beach Convention and Zombie Walk [OBXE Interview]

TV’s most famous zombie, North Carolina actress Addy Miller is returning to Virginia Beach this fall to walk with the undead at the Hampton Roads Zombie Walk and meet hundreds of fans at the second...

Blackbeard's Pirate Jamboree Takes Over Ocracoke and Hatteras [UPDATED]

[UPDATED 10/26/12: Due to Hurricane Sandy, the Ocracoke/Hatteras Pirate Jamboree has been cancelled for this weekend, and is tentatively rescheduled for next weekend, Nov. 2-3.] The 2012 Blackbeard’s Pirate Jamboree is set for October...

Cornfest Bowl Crawl Honors Fallen Local Skateboarder

Cornfest 2012 and the 2nd Annul Outer Banks Bowl Crawl will take skateboarders to six local skatespots throughout Dare and Currituck over two days, as an extended “rememberance session” dedicated to the passing of local skater Scott Greene, who lost his battle...

Bluegrass Legend Doyle Lawson Joins OBX Festival [Concert Preview]

Bluegrass legends Doyle Lawson and Quicksilver will take the stage this weekend as part of the innaugural Outer Banks Bluegrass Festival, bringing gospel flavored Tennessee picking to Manteo. Six time International Bluegrass Music Association Vocal...

Trick-or-Treat Under the Sea at NC Aquarium on Roanoke Island

After a decade as one of the most popular Halloween events on the Outer Banks, the North Carolina Aquarium’s annual Trick or Treat Under the Sea is expanding to two nights for the first...

Symposium Explores Fact and Fiction of The Lost Colony

Your chance to explore what’s real and what has been colored by myth in the legend of The Lost Colony begins this weekend at the Roanoke Conundrum – Fact & Fiction international symposium, featuring five...

Local Zombie Commercial to Air All October on Charter [Photo Gallery]

Local Zombie Commercial to Air All October on Charter [Photo Gallery]

Zombies will be in your living rooms all this month, as the official promo for the Outer Banks Horror Film Festival and Zombie Beach Walk is set to air locally in regular rotation for...

2012 OBX Entertainment Awards Voting Ends

2012 OBX Entertainment Awards Voting Ends

THANK YOU all for voting and participating in the first ever OBX Entertainment Awards! A total of more than 150,000 votes were submitted since June by our readers for over 100 local nominees in eight different categories,...